Letters
Forum News
Workshop on Physics of Sustainable Energy
Call for Nominations to APS Fellowship
FPS Sessions at APS April Meeting 2016
Report on APS Panel on Public Affairs, Philip Taylor
Science Agency Leaders Discussion, Pushpa Bhat
Articles
Gravitational Waves Ripple Through House Science Committee, Gregory Mack
Lessons in Mixing Science and Policy, Christopher Spitzer
A Slightly Random Walk from Physics to Policy and Beyond, Marcius Extavour
Fukushima Today: A First-Person Account from the Field and the Conference Table, Subrata Ghoshroy
Reviews
Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future, By Philip Warburg, Reviewed by Kenneth S. Mendelson
Andrei Sakharov: The Conscience of Humanity, By Sidney D. Drell and George P. Shultz, Reviewed by William H. Ingham
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